Etymology

echocardiography

Today it means: The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician. Full definition →

English cardiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  12. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  13. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  14. Englishcardio-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  17. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  18. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  19. Englishcardiography
  20. English todayechocardiography

From echo + cardiography.

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